Clinical Correlates of Mental Retardation in Ayurveda
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Mental retardation is one of the most important among the developmental disorders which can neither be called a diseases not a syndrome. It refers to a significantly sub average mental intellectual functioning resulting or associated with concurrent impairment in adaptive behavior which are manifested during different developmental stages. The presentation of mental retardation varies broadly stating from mild form to moderate, severe and may be profound is some cases.
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